#dc tarantula

[akatarantula]

There's a box 🎁 50/50 chance it will explode with glitter or sex pollen stolen from Poison Ivy in 3...2...

//OOC: Did a coin flip 🙃

Tarantula leaps away from the box the moment she realizes that it's on a countdown. The blast catches her anyway, leaving her coated in a thin layer of...

Pollen.

She fumbles her landing on the rooftop and gasps for breath as her body reacts. Warmth blooms in her gut and races throughout her extremities. Tarantula has heard of this, but it's her first encounter with it. She tries to open her com line, wanting to call someone before she's fully under the effects, and hits her emergency button for good measure.

She doesn't have many people to turn to, in a situation like this...

//OOC: let's make it potentially dark. Open RP. Multiple threads. @arrowsnsarcasm , she'd probably try calling you.

[theofficialdailyplanet]

dick is constantly made to be the prime example of how dc is shit when it comes to male rape survivors and continues to either make them the but of the joke or hypersexualise them

i've already talked about how hbo changed the name in a gag they made abt tarantula raping nightwing - making him out to be whiny and implying no one cared about what happened

and now theyre continuing to hypersexualise him apparently making it a "major plot point" in season 4

was a fan of this show for how they changed ivys character from the sexualised female rapist to a chill, clothed, eco-terrorist activist that isnt a rapist (honestly one of the only iterations i can stand watching her in as it isnt insanely triggering like most of the dcau versions)

but whats the point if they continue to maintain the narrative that male survivors are constantly a joke? that theyre weak, whiny, annoying? that no one cares? honestly shame on dc- again

[captainlordauditor]

In Defense of Devin Grayson: On Nightwing and Recovery

The most important comic for understanding Devin Grayson’s run on Nightwing was not published by DC Comics.

I’ve created a Medium, and am starting things off with a bang, talking about Devin Grayson’s and Marv Wolfman’s runs on Nightwing. Warnings for sexual assault, suicide, and abuse.

[commiecricket]

physically i am here. emotionally i am BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF CATALINA FLORES

[akatarantula]

Patrol was going great for once. He’d stopped an armed robbery and was now waiting on a rooftop nearby for the cops to show up and actually do their job. They’d find the robbers tied up on the bank’s front steps. Thank the gods this had happened at night when people weren’t around.

But he startled at the sound of footfalls behind him, standing and turning with his bow drawn to see who it was, friend or foe.

Tarantula falls into a crouch with her knife held defensively in front of her, eyes narrowed at the unknown figure. Body tense, she's ready to spring into action at a moment's notice, though an observer would be hard-pressed to guess whether she'd retreat or leap to attack.

"You took care of the heist already? Tch. This city is flooded with vigilantes for being such a shithole." Catalina realizes she has seen the man's face before, though never in person.

"You're the archer, Nightwing's friend. I'm Tarantula."

She does not relax despite the introduction, waiting for the other to do so first.

[akatarantula]

[📱]hey it's Jean-Paul

[📱]from the restaurant

[📱]and the grocery store

[📱] I was wondering if you had time to talk?

[📱] it's not pollen or anything but...

(( @jean-paul-azrael ))

[📱] Hey Jean-Paul. I have time to talk

[📱] want to meet somewhere, talk over the phone, or keep texting?

[akatarantula]

Catherine "Call me Cat, honey" Ortega mingles with the crowd, a visiting entrepreneur from Spain with a vague business and a beautiful smile. She mixes with several groups around the room, a demure but engaging conversationalist.

Catalina Flores needed information about a man she suspects has been leaving bodies in her territory. Luckily, he was easy to track down and his phone was even easier to clone. Once the gala is over, she'll have all the evidence she needs to take him down.

In the meantime, she can listen in on the lives of the Gotham elite and perhaps enjoy the party.

[akatarantula]

Snuggling

@arkhambird

"Cariño..."

It's been a long day, full of heartache. Catalina wraps her arms around her little songbird's waist and lets herself grow heavy, trusting him to hold her in turn.

"It's been a painful few days, my Jason. How are you holding up, pet?"